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The top ten most foolish comments by world leaders
Leaders say the silliest things
Bush and Rumsfeld top the list of classic speech blunders
Nelson Mandela leads as the most inspirational
X November 2006 London ? The American Administration have been voted as the most foolish
speakers ever according to a survey released today.
www.leadersinlondon.com
George W Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. came
top in a poll that asked 1,500 business leaders to vote on the most ridiculous statements ever
made by a world leader.
Despite his recent departure from office and a series of ludicrous one-liners its still Rumsfeld?s ex
boss and country leader that came out top in a poll of UK business leaders. The poll, which was
conducted by the organisers of the Leaders in London International Leadership Summit 2006,
highlighted the recent quote uttered during an interview with CBS News, Washington D.C on 6th
September 2006 as the biggest blunder of all time. ?You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is
to connect Iraq to the war on terror".
Donald Rumsfeld came in a close second when identifying the whereabouts of terrorist-at-large
Osama Bin Laden. During an interview following the release of a tape of Osama Bin Laden,
Rumsfeld blurted out "We do know of certain knowledge that he is either in
Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead".
The top ten most foolish comments by world leaders are:
1. George W. Bush - Current US President ? 56%
?You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror"
2. Donald Rumsfeld - The 21st United States Secretary of Defense ? 46%
?We do know of certain knowledge that he is either in Afghanistan, or in some
other country, or dead"
3. George W. Bush - Current US President ? 41%
"There's an old saying in Tennessee ? I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee ? that says,
fool me once, shame on ? shame on you. Fool me ? you can't get fooled again"
4. John Precsott ? Deputy UK Prime Minister 35%
?The green belt is a Labour achievement, and we mean to build on it.?
5. Dan Quayle - Former US Vice President ? 31%
"Potatoe" Former US Vice President Dan Quayle was at the Luis Munoz Rivera School in Trenton,
New Jersey. He was there helping with a spelling bee. He asked a student to spell the word
"potato." The student spelled the word correctly, then, Dan Quayle made him go back up to the
board to add an "e" on the end of the word.
6. Jacques Le Blanc, French Ambassador to New Zealand describing France?s nuclear
testing in 1995 ? 30%
?I do not like this word bomb. It is not a bomb. It is a device which is exploding.?
7.George W. Bush - Current US President ? 29%
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
8. Margaret Thatcher ? Former UK Prime Minister ? 23%
?It will be years-not in my time-before a woman will become Prime Minister"
9. Lee Lacocca - Former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation ? 22%
?We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need??
10. Tony Blair - Current UK Prime Minister? 20%
?The single most important two things we can do?.
Bush and Rumsfeld top the list of classic speech blunders
Nelson Mandela leads as the most inspirational
X November 2006 London ? The American Administration have been voted as the most foolish
speakers ever according to a survey released today.
www.leadersinlondon.com
George W Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. came
top in a poll that asked 1,500 business leaders to vote on the most ridiculous statements ever
made by a world leader.
Despite his recent departure from office and a series of ludicrous one-liners its still Rumsfeld?s ex
boss and country leader that came out top in a poll of UK business leaders. The poll, which was
conducted by the organisers of the Leaders in London International Leadership Summit 2006,
highlighted the recent quote uttered during an interview with CBS News, Washington D.C on 6th
September 2006 as the biggest blunder of all time. ?You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is
to connect Iraq to the war on terror".
Donald Rumsfeld came in a close second when identifying the whereabouts of terrorist-at-large
Osama Bin Laden. During an interview following the release of a tape of Osama Bin Laden,
Rumsfeld blurted out "We do know of certain knowledge that he is either in
Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead".
The top ten most foolish comments by world leaders are:
1. George W. Bush - Current US President ? 56%
?You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror"
2. Donald Rumsfeld - The 21st United States Secretary of Defense ? 46%
?We do know of certain knowledge that he is either in Afghanistan, or in some
other country, or dead"
3. George W. Bush - Current US President ? 41%
"There's an old saying in Tennessee ? I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee ? that says,
fool me once, shame on ? shame on you. Fool me ? you can't get fooled again"
4. John Precsott ? Deputy UK Prime Minister 35%
?The green belt is a Labour achievement, and we mean to build on it.?
5. Dan Quayle - Former US Vice President ? 31%
"Potatoe" Former US Vice President Dan Quayle was at the Luis Munoz Rivera School in Trenton,
New Jersey. He was there helping with a spelling bee. He asked a student to spell the word
"potato." The student spelled the word correctly, then, Dan Quayle made him go back up to the
board to add an "e" on the end of the word.
6. Jacques Le Blanc, French Ambassador to New Zealand describing France?s nuclear
testing in 1995 ? 30%
?I do not like this word bomb. It is not a bomb. It is a device which is exploding.?
7.George W. Bush - Current US President ? 29%
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
8. Margaret Thatcher ? Former UK Prime Minister ? 23%
?It will be years-not in my time-before a woman will become Prime Minister"
9. Lee Lacocca - Former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation ? 22%
?We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need??
10. Tony Blair - Current UK Prime Minister? 20%
?The single most important two things we can do?.
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The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
George Bush:
"We both use Colgate toothpaste." ?after a reporter asked what he had in common with British Prime Minister Tony Blair
"I'm the commander ? see, I don't need to explain ? I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." ?as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War
"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."
"It is white." ?after being asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like.